Lumawigia

Lumawigia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Buprestoidea
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Lumawigia
Bellamy, 2005

Lumawigia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Philippines.

The genus was erected in 2005 with the description of the new species L. gibbicephala.[1] A second species, L. leytensis, was described in 2009.[2]

Species include:[3]

References

  1. Bellamy, C. L. (2005). The Philippine Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilini) Part 6: new and resurrected genera and new species. Zootaxa 1038 23-40.
  2. Bellamy, C. L. and S. Ohmomo. (2009). Three new species of Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) from the Leyte Island, Philippines. Zootaxa 2292 57-64.
  3. Bellamy, C. L. (2010). "Genus Lumawigia". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 13 Jun 2011.
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